The Orangutan Adopted A Dog |Animal Odd Couples | Real Wild

dogs have evolved to be excellent pets and for the orangs to be feeding and caring for Roscoe suggests we may have been treating him like one but can that really be the case if so that is extraordinary now we still think to this day I think that humans are the only animals that keep pets but you know these orangutangs are very closely related to us they're great apes as well do you think it's even possible they think of Roscoe as a pet I think that it is like a boy and his dog says I've got my pet dog we'll go out we'll play fetch we have an incredible time together I love my dog now I'm drifting off I'm with my parents I it's time for dinner I'm gonna go play baseball and the dog becomes very secondary I think it's more like that they love him at the moment I don't think they pine away for him or wonder where he is or miss him like you might see adult humans doing to a dog where they become really emotionally attached [Music] pet keeping can be defined as looking after an animal of another species with a level of care and affection primarily for reasons of pleasure at a very significant part of that care is of course feeding them whose is this what's that do you want that yes you want it do another one you want to give it to Roscoe no does he want it look he wants it you know he wants it yeah you knew he decided he wanted to do it that way though today Hanuman hangs out with Roscoe whenever he can and they seem to have a real level of affection for each other they even go swimming together Hanuman is only one of two apes in the whole world that can swim like this now both Hanuman and Roscoe are obviously trained so I wonder how much that affects what I'm seeing to get a scientific perspective on their relationship I brought along professor Hal Hertz on an animal behaviorist who's been investigating pet keeping in humans and other animals from many years eyes wide open a couple of bubbles out of the mouth happily swimming in the pool I've never seen that of you how what do you make of this relationship you've what you've watched the orangutan and a dog what do you well there's a couple of relationships going on the relationship is with the orangutan the dog is absolutely stunning yeah it's very clear that they would a deep relationship but I think it impressed me the most was food sharing was here Aang attained being perfectly happy taking orangutan chow no not dog food it was monkey chow it was monkey chow for sure and giving it to Roscoe this time you

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Id: Co1Xjw0OD5w

Length: 3min 13sec (193 seconds)

Published: Mon Jan 15 2018

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[u/kittenklyn]

Isn't that the guy from Tiger King?!

[u/animalfacts-bot]

The orangutans (also spelled orang-utan, orangutang, or orang-utang) are three extant species of great apes native to Indonesia and Malaysia. Orangutans are the most arboreal of the great apes and spend most of their time in trees. They are among the most intelligent primates; they use a variety of sophisticated tools and construct elaborate sleeping nests each night from branches and foliage. Some adult male orangutans develop flaps of fatty tissue on both sides of their face - known as flanges - which develop when they're fully mature, at around 30 years old. They can live to be 50 years old.

Cool picture of an orangutan

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